Mrs. Hensler's Cartographers - Jay, Alexandria, Devon

Landform
Definition
Example
Picture
bay
A bay is a body of water that is partly
enclosed by land.
Bristol Bay
external image L.ROIS.02_01L.jpg
http://www.milosphotos.com/AlaskaImages/L.ROIS.02_01L.jpg
Volcano
A volcano is a mountain that shouts out
smoke.
Redoubt
external image alg_volcano.jpg
http://assets.nydailynews.com/img/2009/03/24/alg_volcano.jpg
valley
Low place between mountains
Mendenhall
external image Mendenhall_Valley_Glacier.jpg
http://westjuneau.com/WordPress/wp-images/Mendenhall_Valley_Glacier.jpg
Waterfall
water falls down steeply of a water fall.
beaver falls
external image karst%20tour%2026.jpg
river
a river is a large flowing body of water
Yukon River
external image 990828_yukon.jpg
http://www.deltanewsweb.com/archives/images/990828_yukon.jpg
Glacier
A slowly moving river of ice
Muir Glacier
external image slide.25.0005.gif
http://www.isset.org/site_of_the_month/glacier_bay/gfx/slide.25.0005.gif
Sounds
A wide inlet of sea or ocean that is parallel
to the coastline
Sitka Sound
external image Fireweedinfullbloom-BrotherhoodPark-Mendenhallglacier-JuneauAlaska-Mendenhallglacierterminus-Juneau-Alaska.jpg
http://www.ambassatours.com/portals/11/images/outbound/yukon/Fireweedinfullbloom-
BrotherhoodPark-Mendenhallglacier-JuneauAlaska-Mendenhallglacierterminus-Juneau-Alaska.jpg
Peninsula
a body of land that is surrounded by water on three sides
Kenai Peninsula
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/image/0704/aurora1_wikipedia_big.jpgexternal image aurora1_wikipedia_big.jpg